Kants

/[kant͡s]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,218

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Kants is aGermannoun. It means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Kant Pronounced [kant͡s]. Often confused with kat and kent.

Key facts for Kants
PropertyValue
HeadwordKants
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kant͡s]
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,218
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kants in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kants is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kant͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,218 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Kants, with forms such as "aknts", "kantss", and "kantts". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kat", "kent", "Katz", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kants, spelled K-A-N-T-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Kant
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kant
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Kant
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Kant
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Kant

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aknts,kantss,kantts,katns,kkants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Kants

Misspelling Variants of "Kants"

aknts5kantss6kantts6katns5kkants6
Misspelling Variants of "Kants"

Frequency rank: #38,218 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kants"?
"Kants" is spelled K-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kant͡s].
What does "Kants" mean?
As a noun, "Kants" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Kant
What words are commonly confused with "Kants"?
"Kants" is commonly confused with "kat", "kent", "Katz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kants" is [kant͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kants" come from?
"Kants" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter K in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.